This time I’ll introduce a song I’m listening to almost every day recently. The name of the song is “Lady Killer.” It is sung by maroon 5. They are famous American rock band composed of five men. They are famous and popular also in Japan, and they held their concerts in Budokan and so on. They have many hit songs, for example, “Sunday Morning” and “Moves Like Jagger.” But “Lady Killer” is maybe not so famous. I listened to the song for the first time when I went to take a dance lesson. I learned choreography on this song. Since then the song is my favorite song. At first, I had interest in only the melody and the voice. Later, I read the lyrics and I found it is strange.
Ooooh
She’s in it just to win it
Don’t trust her for a minute
Ooooh
It’s a like cheap thriller
She’s such a lady killer
It is the hook (high point of a song) of “Lady Killer.” In this song, “she” is referred as “lady killer” and an insane girl. And after this is the part I danced on and I felt horror and a little excited.
Baby she’ll eat you alive, as soon as she smells you blood in the water
You better run to survive, before she makes you her latest slaughter
How could you do it? oh, just come back to me, baby i’m begging please
How could you do it? oh, she knows I love you still, you’re just a ladies killer
Who is “she”? Who is “you”? What is relationship between “she” and “you”? It seems that many this song’s fans think about the meaning of this song like me. I found a lot of interpretations on Internet. The interpretations are different from each fan.
Interpretation 1
There are three people: a boy (the point of view), a girlfriend of the boy, and the girlfriend’s friend. The girlfriend’s friend love and want the boy. The girlfriend’s friend wants them to separate so she tries to trick the girlfriend. The boy notices her thought and he warns his girlfriend. He refers the girlfriend’s friend as killer.
Interpretation 2
This song is about a man who was left by his girlfriend. The man begs her to come back to him instead of staying with "lady killer" (I don't know what does mean this "lady killer"). Some people interpret that this man is Adam Levine, the singer of maroon 5, and he sings to his girlfriend.
Interpretation 3
"Lady killer" is just a girl who goes out of her way to hurt others!
Eventually I couldn't find exactly correct answer, but I think the first interpretation is interesting. I always listening to only music and don't think about the lyrics. This was the first time. Once I started to consider meanings of the lyrics, I found it interesting, and I came to want to know why did the song writer (including Adam Levine) write this song. Since today, I'll listen to many songs with the lyrics. If I find favorite songs and lyrics, I'll tell you about it on this blog. I put a video with the lyrics of "Lady Killer," so please let me know your interpretations!
Natsumeeee!!
ReplyDeleteI've never thought about the meaning of lyric.
But I find it interesting that there is many way of understanding this song.
I agree to your second interpretation that the man is Adam and he is singing to his girlfriend.
I thought "lady killer" means that his girlfriend is so beautiful that she kills other lady's allure and make Adam really in to her.
ANYWAY, I love Maroon 5 too.
My favorite song is Moves like Jagger.
Did you know that this Jagger is not the animal but is talking about Mick Jagger?
I didn't realized this until Nishiken-san told me. lol
Oh, you should listen to the song called "pay phone" by Maroon 5.
It's really nice song as well.
Hi, Natume!!! I am Miki!
ReplyDeleteI did not know that you like Maroon5!!
What a coincidence!!
I love Maroon5 so much, and I listen to "payphone"almost every day!!
I am sure you will like it, and that song will give you a power when you are not good in shape!
I was really listening to the lyrics for the first time today. My interpretation is even a little more edgy.
ReplyDeleteLike your first one I think the song is about one guy and two girls, one being his girlfriend but what think is going is:
The guy's girlfriend left him for the other woman. This other woman is super alluring and has enticed the girl away from the guy. The kick is this other woman is just using the girlfriend like a cheap thrill. And that this what this woman does, she's a lady killer. The guy is begging the girlfriend to come back to him and also trying to warn her about this woman, the ladykiller.
Just what i think, these days the idea of a guy loosing a girlfriend to another woman actually happens a lot. It just so happens this other woman is a charmer and an user.